Overview
- President José Jerí ordered a new extension of the state of emergency for Lima and Callao in response to recent organized crime attacks.
- Prime Minister Ernesto Álvarez said Peru has increased Police and Armed Forces deployments along its borders to prepare for potential instability in Venezuela.
- Álvarez cautioned that a larger border posture would raise costs and divert funds from other public needs, and that concrete results are expected around May or June.
- The national security plan under review will include clear indicators for compliance and is intended to carry over into the next administration.
- The government outlined an institutional reconversion of the INPE without layoffs, prioritizing stricter control and maximum-security confinement for high‑risk inmates, while Jerí visited the attacked Carabayllo mayor with top police and the interior minister.